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jajan.

snack

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈd͡ʒa.d͡ʒan]
  1. snack

Where this word comes from

* From Malay jajaan affixation of jaja + -an. * From Sundanese jajan, * Probably Cantonese 茶餐廳/茶餐厅 (caa4 caan1 teng1, literally “tea restaurant”) through phono-semantic matching and clipping.

verb[ˈd͡ʒa.d͡ʒan]
  1. informal form of berjajan (“to buy snacks”)

    colloquial · form-of · informal
  2. to engage the services of a prostitute

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

* From Malay jajaan affixation of jaja + -an. * From Sundanese jajan, * Probably Cantonese 茶餐廳/茶餐厅 (caa4 caan1 teng1, literally “tea restaurant”) through phono-semantic matching and clipping.

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